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fasterlightbho.dll

Faster Light

Part of the Yontoo adware component, a web browser plugin that injects unwanted ads in the browser. The module fasterlightbho.dll by Faster Light has been detected as adware by 31 anti-malware scanners. It is installed within the context of Internet Explore as a BHO (Browser Helper Object) under the name ‘Faster Light 1.0.0.5’. This file is typically installed with the program Faster Light by Yontoo Technology, Inc. which is a potentially unwanted software program. It will plug into the web browser and display context-based advertisements by overwriting existing ads or by inserting new ones on various web pages.

File name:

fasterlightbho.dll

Publisher:

Faster Light (signed and verified)

Product:

Faster Light

Version:

1.0.0.5

MD5:

5a78ce5d6cc1a148fc12a40186f2a415

SHA-1:

f8dd571c4b42e2c3e03e0cb03a573d91b2508fed

SHA-256:

42eada4c5236b9773492eddc00fd66c70e7d7ab0a18a68d648ec155fc95d2b20

Scanner detections:

31 / 68

Status:

Adware

Explanation:

Injects advertising in the web browser in various formats.

Analysis date:

12/26/2024 6:12:28 PM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware

Gen:Variant.Adware.BHO.Agent.4

781

Agnitum Outpost

PUA.Agent

7.1.1

Avira AntiVirus

ADWARE/BrowseFox.Gen2

7.11.195.226

AVG

BrowseFox.F

2015.0.3259

Baidu Antivirus

Adware.Win32.BrowseFox

4.0.3.141215

Bitdefender

Gen:Variant.Adware.BHO.Agent.4

1.0.20.1745

Clam AntiVirus

Win.Adware.Agent-7675

0.98/21411

Comodo Security

Application.Win32.BrowseFox.JM

20377

Dr.Web

Trojan.BPlug.167

9.0.1.0349

Emsisoft Anti-Malware

Gen:Variant.Adware.BHO.Agent

8.14.12.15.04

ESET NOD32

Win32/BrowseFox (variant)

8.10881

Fortinet FortiGate

Adware/Agent

12/15/2014

F-Prot

W32/BadBHO.AW.gen

v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure

Gen:Variant.Adware.BHO.Agent.4

11.2014-15-12_2

G Data

Gen:Variant.Adware.BHO.Agent

14.12.24

K7 AntiVirus

Trojan

13.187.14339

Kaspersky

not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.Agent

14.0.0.2792

Malwarebytes

PUP.Optional.FasterLight.A

v2014.12.15.04

McAfee

Artemis!5A78CE5D6CC1

5600.6915

MicroWorld eScan

Gen:Variant.Adware.BHO.Agent.4

15.0.0.1047

NANO AntiVirus

Trojan.Win32.BPlug.dfohwl

0.28.6.64267

nProtect

Trojan-Clicker/W32.Agent.249624.B

14.08.07.01

Panda Antivirus

Trj/CI.A

14.12.15.04

Qihoo 360 Security

HEUR/Malware.QVM30.Gen

1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics

PUP.BHO.FasterLight.O

14.12.15.15

Sophos

BrowseSmart

4.98

SUPERAntiSpyware

Adware.BrowseFox/Variant

10176

Trend Micro House Call

Suspicious_GEN.F47V0807

7.2.349

Vba32 AntiVirus

AdWare.SwiftBrowse

3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus

Yontoo

32026

Zillya! Antivirus

Adware.Agent.Win32.9402

2.0.0.1850

File size:

244.7 KB (250,616 bytes)

Product version:

1.0.0.5

File type:

Dynamic link library (Win32 DLL)

Language:

English (United States)

Common path:

C:\Program Files\faster light\fasterlightbho.dll

Digital Signature

Signed by:

Faster Light

Authority:

VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:

11/20/2014 3:00:00 AM

Valid to:

11/21/2015 2:59:59 AM

Subject:

CN=Faster Light, O=Faster Light, L=Santa Monica, S=California, C=US

Issuer:

CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)10, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:

697399BCAA43E2F4228493C765EB81CE

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

12/15/2014 9:32:48 AM

OS version:

6.0

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):

3072:HfCo6iohMu83Z2eJC0StN+A3w4id15+EMxIaIXs2lYhNm:HeiohM53NCvcixIcKYh8

Entry address:

0x12854

Entry point:

55, 8B, EC, 83, 7D, 0C, 01, 75, 05, E8, 41, 8D, 00, 00, FF, 75, 10, FF, 75, 0C, FF, 75, 08, E8, 07, 00, 00, 00, 83, C4, 0C, 5D, C2, 0C, 00, 6A, 0C, 68, 90, 30, 03, 10, E8, BD, 01, 00, 00, 33, C0, 40, 8B, 75, 0C, 85, F6, 75, 0C, 39, 35, 44, 78, 03, 10, 0F, 84, E4, 00, 00, 00, 83, 65, FC, 00, 83, FE, 01, 74, 05, 83, FE, 02, 75, 35, 8B, 0D, 1C, A5, 02, 10, 85, C9, 74, 0C, FF, 75, 10, 56, FF, 75, 08, FF, D1, 89, 45, E4, 85, C0, 0F, 84, B1, 00, 00, 00, FF, 75, 10, 56, FF, 75, 08, E8, 11, FE, FF, FF, 89, 45, E4... 
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Entropy:

6.3527

Developed / compiled with:

Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:

159 KB (162,816 bytes)

Internet Explorer BHO

Display name:

Faster Light 1.0.0.5

CLSID:

{950ef4df-b9dd-4b97-9e34-5c7d25a5eb88}

The file fasterlightbho.dll has been discovered within the following programs.

Faster Light by Yontoo Technology, Inc.

Faster Light is an ad-supported browser extension that may deliver advertisements in the form of coupons, affiliate links, price-comparisons, display media and other links through a number of functions including those based on the the content of any web page the user is visiting, plug-ins, add-ons, or the web browser itself.

fasterlight.info/support

86% remove it

The file fasterlightbho.dll has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://install-cdn.fasterlight.info/bed?bet=3

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